Degrees warmer in plymouth than this time yesterday. Shiri yeah, this is a pretty intense warmup. Yesterday we were below zero in plymouth now. Going up to 49. That goes to show what kind of warmth will be moving northward today. We already have temperatures in the 50s in parts of south eastern massachusetts. Boston constituting at freezing at 32 degrees. The past hour and kind of improvements we have seen in these temperatures and holding continue to the 20s natick, lowell and haverhill this morning and heading out into western massachusetts, 30 in worcester and 22 for the rest of Central Massachusetts into southern New Hampshire. And steadiest freezing rain happening right now. The 7 a. M. Temperatures a little closer to freezing, but as we have right now, temperatures will have the same thing at 7 a. M. So boston, southeastern mass, we are going to be above freezing. We will be very close to freezing and perhaps below freezing in Central Massachusetts. Southern New Hampshire. Noon 50 degrees and will the wind and fog this afternoon. And in fact we have a high Wind Warnings and i will show you exactly what time with the winds along with the potential of wind damage in less than ten minutes. Back to you with an early check on the roads. I know it is sounding good the report, but that is just because there is not a lot of folks out there. Julie exactly, dont be confused by the bright green traffic. Volume is light but does not indicate how poorly the roads the conditions they are in right now. The speed limit reduction in place from the new york line to exit 15 in the weston area on the pike. Now down to 40 Miles Per Hour. But that is even a little too fast for these kind of conditions. As you can see the map of the green light as i mentioned, please leave early. Visibility a real challenge. You can anniversary this picture of the pike. Roads are sort of a slushy, icy challenge. Eastbound from 495 to mass ave. 9 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 23 minutes on 93 south from 49 to the leverett connector. Developing this morning, a travel nightmare for more than 150 people. It is still not over. Their flight from the Dominican Republic to new york city was diverted to New Hampshire last night. This was breaking on the fox25 news at 10 and 11 00. Passengers sent us these pictures from the plane once it landed in manchester. Delta flight 9 44 was supposed to land before 7 00. But after circling jfk for hours, the plane was running low on fuel and it was sent to New Hampshire; New Hampshire; however, there were no customs agent to greet the International Flight in manchester and passengers had to sit on the plane for more than two hours while agents drove in from portland. Be sitting on a plane this long and expecting them just sit here and telling us that due to customs we cant get out due to customs we cant get out. They should have known that in the beginning. After clearing customs, the flight crew was not able to resume the trip because they the passengers were sent to local hotels and will fly to new york later this morning. We are in manchester following the storei as it develops all morning. We will look for a live report in about 26 minutes. People living in the bellingham apartment complex are looking for a new place to stay after frozen pipes burst and flooded the building. Last night a sprinkler pipe broke and water damaged 50 units. The same thing happened in the same building one year ago today. With the amount of money we do pay, would you hope that problems like this dont arise. Julie residents said last time it took nearly six weeks to prepare the building before they returned home. A local hotel has a big mess. A broken pipe flooded the basement of crowne plaza that sits over the mass pike in newton. 4 feet of water pooled in the electrical room forcing the hotel to cut power to is it floors. Hundreds of people had to grab their belongings and move to other hotels. Some told us on scene that they had to climb down several and left for dead on the 9th floor, i dont know it was a little hectic. No word this morning when power will be restored to the hotel. The cold weather is causing pipes to burst everywhere. At a local hospital, patients had to be evacuated. Things returned to normal. Broken boiler caused water damage in the icu. Five patients on ventilators were moved from the area. The hospital lined up ambulance the hospital lined up ambulances as a precaution in case they had to move anyone. Thousands of homeowners and businesses are dealing with burst pipes. Fox25 talked to a local plummer who was working around the color can to get it running for homes and businesses. Homeowners should turn off of the main water when they leave the house during frigid temperatures. More advice on how this protect pipes and prevent flooding protect pipes and prevent flooding coming up at 5. The city revere said they needed to do a better job hand al flood gate when it turned a a floodgate froze which allowed sea water to cover the area. And an alarm system was failed to work to notify residents there was a problem. The city will examine the gate and the alarm system this week. We will be tracking the rain and ice for you all morning. Get your alerts on the new Storm Tracker weather app. Get custom forecast from our team of meteorologists. Free to download. Search fox25 weather. 4 26. Funeral services will take place for the teacher killed by a flying manhole cover on the expressway. She was killed friday when the metal cover hit the windshield of her car. He was on her way to work as ana art teacher at Glover Elementary School in milton. After the accident, they examined every man hole cover on the expressway. They are still investigating how that man hole cover got loose. New leads this morning in the search for a young man from Worcester County who disappeared in boston. Search for 22yearold zack marr for several days. He was celebrating his birthday in boston when he went missing early saturday morning. His friends say he stepped out for a cigarette in at faneuil hall. All day yesterday, his loved ones canvassed boston with a flier. Our whole family is just so sad right now. Like you dont even know how to how to accept what is going on. Boston Police Released these surveillance images of zack in the area around the time of his disappearance. The bellingham said they have shared their video with zacks family. With the race to the white house, president george w. Bush is campaigning for brother jeb to gain traction for the South Carolina primary. Bernie sanders is attempting to convince nevada voters he is not what Hillary Clinton calls a single issue candidate. Mary maloney explains. This is bush country mr. President. Reporter george w. Bush speaking to a friendly South Carolina crowd since he is stepping back on the campaign one, because i care deeply for jeb. Two because i care deeply about our country. Reporter donald trump and the bush family no bad blood. Reporter but in last weeks gop debate, trumps assault on boos. I am sick and tired of him going after my family. My brother was building a security appear rat us to keep us safe. The World Trade Center came down [booing [. Going after my mother. Reporter marco rubio who has clashed with his former mentor jeb came to george w. Bushs defense. The World Trade Center came down because bill clinton didnt kill Osama Bin Laden when he had the chance to kill him. Reporter meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is trying to brand bernie sanders. I am not a single issue candidate. I am not a single issue candidate. I am not a single issue candidate. Reporter she is hope reporter she is hoping to slow his surge before voting the idea that i am a single issue candidate the only nation in earth that doesnt Balance Health care for all people, and to raise a minimum wage to a living wage is not one issue. Reporter i am mary maloney reporting. The candidates continue to debate the issue of the Supreme Court days after the death of antonin scalia. The republicans want to block any nomination by president obama. Democrats say the senate has a duty to vote, and one candidate says it is still too soon to be having that conversation. Scalia dies and one second after he is dead, they are already starting fight being politics. Folks, there is not helping our country. Daniel the battle is dividing senators here in new england. Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren wants the senate to fill the vacancy while New Hampshire senator kelly ayott believes that the senate should wait for the next president. 4 39. This morning, a man charged time will head to court. Police say scott petro nearly hit and killed two people in a crash on valentines day. A state trooper was nearby and later. The victims were High School Sweethearts horn on a date when they were hit. Went to go look up because i heard the screeching of tires and all of sudden, we you flew forward. Reporter police say that he had a warrant out for his arrest and did not have a valid drivers license. He told police he had driven without a license for years and that, quote, he didnt care. Fox25 investigates recently found that 29,000 drivers in massachusetts had at least three oui conviction pops see our investigation into the states worst offenders, go to myfoxboston. Com and click on fox25 investigates under the news tab. We track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. Here is look at your live drive times but do not be fooled by them. Pike eastbound from 49 to mass avenue, but i would budget closer to 40 minutes, maybe up to an hour because the roads the conditions out there are a real problem. Shiri joins us with more. Shiri thats right. Anywhere away from the immediate coastline to the south shore where it is nice and mild. You go inland you will encounter the icy conditions. Winds gusting to the 20mileperhour range coming from the south right now and check out how these winds strengthen this afternoon. This is when winds are going to peak around 6 00 tonight. Winds gusting 50 if not 60 four in. The best chance of getting wind damage. When it lines up with heavyy rain coming up next. Dozen of people are told their apartments are not safe to live in, and this isnt the first time the weather has kicked them out of their homes. Coming up on the fox25 news at 5 00, why the landlord says she is not on the hook for the problem. More legal drama surround more legal drama next, welcome back right now. 4 44. Meteorologist shiri spear here. And a lot of the freezing drizzle tapering off into Central Massachusetts. Remember, though, we are still going to have a lot of icy roads out there. The freezing drizzle continues. Nashua, wyndham, pelham, New Hampshire, up to derry across southwestern New Hampshire right now. So there are a lot of concerns on the roadways. We got the slushy icy mix out in. I will tell you when we trade downpours coming up, julie. Jowl julie all right, talk to you soon. The 40s is spending big money to fly nearly empty plane money to fly nearly empty planes to small airports across the country called the essential air service program. The idea is to help the nations smallest airports. Tax dollars subsidize every seat whether they are sfild or not. In one case the government spent 1,000 per seat on a 80 spent 1,000 per seat on a 80mile flight in georgia. It is crazy, a giant waste of money. I am guess nothing at two i am guess nothing at twoseater plane. Reporter 60s of the airports are a short drive from a larger airport. Last week a Congressional Committee voted to keep the program going. This afternoon a rhode island car dealership will force prosecutors to release a suv in an investigation of patriots aaron hernandez. The four runner was impounded in 2014 when hernandez was they say the suv was used in a double murder of which hernandez is about to stand trial. Fox toyota and East Providence claims it needs the suv back to complete a sale of the big. A boston judge will hold a hearing on this matter this afternoon. Coming up on 4 46 rit right now. The Boston Bruins continue their sixgame road trip. The bs are in columbus to face the lastplace blue jackets. No word if the injured Patrice Bergeron will return to the lineup after missing the last two games. Scoring the fastest goal in team history is getting a lot of a attention. Brad char man and is the nhls star of the week. 13 goals in the last 13 games. Last week he had seven points in four games, that includes sunday when he scored eight seconds into the game with detroit. He deserves it. Julie yes, he does, an impressive stat. Something else that is impressive are the conditions of the roads. Impressively bad and slow down right now dont be fooled by our map. We are seeing a lot of green because overall volume is still light. Slushy, slippery, icy, there is snow still on the roads and that will possibly double your typical commute time. Live look at the pike right now live look at the pike right now. Eastbound and westbound through brighton where visibility is low because of that lingering fog. Over to the live drive times. 11 minutes from 16 to 128. 22 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. 9 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike meteorologist shiri spear joining us from the Weather Center when should we expect change in condition. Shiri the temperatures mild from the south and will steadily warm us up. We dont have to wait until sunrise to see those warming temperatures. It is happening right now. 9 a. M. We should see the icing concerns melted away. In boston, the game plan for you have to be wary of icy conditions in and around the city. By 6 a. M. , 35 degrees. And up to 45 degrees by 8 a. M. Big time warmup here this morning and onandoff showers this morning. Heavy, steady rain will live in time for the evening commute. Somewhat like plymouth we are seeing temperatures on the verge of 50 degrees. Not somewhere we need to worry about icing on the south shore. The immediate coastline. As you go inland. You will find cooler temperatures and there is the potential for a couple of lingering spots. We are still hanging on to freezing temperatures by 6 a. M. Till pretty close to freeze big 34 degrees. Be careful by 8 a. M. 43. We are going to be in the clear. It not as far as the rain goes but at least as far as the icing concerns go. Into worcester we go. 31 degrees at 6 a. M. Still icy there. In fact it could be a little slow to warm up in the northern worcester hills in Merrimack Valley and thats why ma winter because of the potential of a couple of spots having a tough time warming up. Keene, New Hampshire. Freezing temperatures through 8 a. M. Through 10 a. M. You are looking good into the 40s. We have got tomorrow freezing rain this morning replaced by plain rain this afternoon. So by 9 a. M. , like i said, most of us are going to be sporting the upper 30s if not the 40s out there. And patchy, lighter showers continue this morning and thats more the same at noon thats more the same at noontime close to 50 degrees. The rain is intense at lunch, but gets intense again during the afternoon hours. So, you know, 3 to 5 00, we have gouz this band of rain that is going to be moving into the region. It passes over during the evening commute. Temperatures will stay very mild in the 50s. So it is plain rain. But folks before the break, i showed you when winds are going to be peaking, gusting to 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour across eastern massachusetts and New Hampshire. We will have very thick fog at the same time as well. Will have a lot of issues on the roadway. They mate not be icy issues but issues that will slow you down big time. High temperatures into the 50s for everybody. That does mean even when you are waking up to the 20s in worcester and fitchburg and southern New Hampshire, we have the 50s shifting in during the course of the day, and then tonight, we are going to be back close to freezing. So that means any lingering moisture on the roads have the opportunity to freeze back up. And we are going to be very careful out there tomorrow, and tomorrows high also make it into the middle 40s. So for this time of the year, kind of warm on wednesday. Partly cloudy conditions remain by thursday, 36 degrees. Looking brighter. On friday, increasing clouds and 36. Leads to some overnight light snow, and just a dumb of sprinkles on saturday. Highs all the way up to 48 degree. We have a pretty warm weekend on the works on sunday as well, 48 48. Keep it here on fox25 morning news. We will be tracking Storm Tracker radar all morning long the grammys shine bright late into the night. Coming up, the big win and the huge honor for massachusetts huge honor for massachusettsown Meghan Trainor. Why she is celebrate why she is celebrating this morning. A mailman said he is no hero and some will beg to differ. Why introducing longhorn s big, bold, steaks. The only way to make em better was to make em our new center cut 10 ounce filet. Our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce tbone. And our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. Big, bold, steaks. Only at longhorn steakhouse. You can t fake steak. For lunch, try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at 7. Geico for your boat. An attentive mail carrier saved a local mans life after noticing Something Different on postal worker tom valzena sees him on his route through braintree and he didnt and he noticed his mail was piling up. We notice things, and if things dont seem right i am not the first guy who has done it. Plenty of mailmen who have saved people like this julie Braintree Fire Department said he suffered a medical issue and collapsed often the floor. He is currently at south shore hospital. We should know this week if New Hampshire will open a bobcat hunt. The fish and Game Commission will vote on the issue tomorrow will vote on the issue tomorrow. Earl they are this morning. Fox25 brought you inside two packed meet beings the proposed hunt, and the Commission Said they received thousands of letters on the topics. If approved, the state will set up a lottery to award 50 permits for trapping and hunting bobcats. One of the worlds oldest birds known in the wild has a new member of a family. This is the albatross and her chick that hashed earlier chick that hashed earlier this month inside the National Wild month inside the national the mama bird was out gathering food when the chick much aed and she fed her. It was named kakuni the hawaiian word for messenger. Filling on Star Wars Episode 8 is now under way. Beautiful. Picking up right where it left off, the stud yes released the short tease of the sequel to the Monster Box Office smash the force awakens. The new episode is set for release in december 2017 and will include new cast member, my favorite actor here beniece yodel toro and laura concern. Julie you may go to that opening night. Daniel you will go with me too. Taylor swift opens the Grammy Awards and her performance is one of the most talkedabout performance this morning. And became the first woman to win album of the year the second time. Rapper kendis lamar won five awards and Meghan Trainor won best new artist. In addition to the awards, last night was full of tributes. Julie that was so good. Lady gaga took on the role of david bowie. It went through nine different time periods of bowies hits. It earned her a standing ovation. Adele went to the grammy stage and her performance is making news because it had some problems. Julie i think she sounds pretty good. But many people are saying she sounded flat and took to twit sounded flat and took to twitter to express their outrage with some sound issues. Those inside the ceremony said she sounded fine. He cleared up the mystery springs that made it sound out of tune. Because of the Technical Glitch because of the Technical Glitch, she was treating her stove a burger. An in and out burger. Not just anyburgy. Trying to get home from a Tropical Vacation but waking up states away from home. Coming up what stranded passengers for hours and why they were able to get off their plane in New Hampshire. Taking a live look outside. This is the pike, but you are fogged out right now. And mrs. Your live drive what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple veggie dish ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple dinner ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. Great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. So simple. Now at 5 00, a weather morning. Rain and freezing drizzle making a mess of the commute. How long the stretch of ice will last in your town. Leave early and take it slow on the roads this morning. They are looking more like a skating rink, check out this video of this mess in littleton the alert ovght from state police. A dream vacation ends far from home. A flight far off course and forced to touch down in New Hampshire. To be sitting on a plane this long and expecting them just to sit here. Gene why no one on board was allowed to set foot inside the airport for hours. This is the fox25 Storm Tracker weather alert. Gene good morning, everybody. 5 00 now on this tuesday morning, february 16. I am gene lavanchy. Sara and i am sara underwood. The first workday of the week for many people and the roads are not making it very easy. We have Team Coverage this morning of the wintry mix. Jessica reyes is live in Middlesex County where police are warning drivers there. Catherine parrotta is with residents who are out of their apartments this morning for a second day of weather. Julie grauert has look at the conditions around the state. Gene but first meteorologist shiri spear in the Storm Tracker weather